Ricinuft. monoecja monadelpiiia. 689 



goriii. Sh/fes three, with enhirged, ragged stigmas. Capsule 

 tricoccoiis, of the size of a filbert, and smooth. Seeds oblong, 

 smooth, light green, crowned with a glandular body by 

 which they are attached to the receptacle. Embryo^ as in 

 the other Enphnrhice. 



1 am inclined to think this differs from Vahl's Jatropha 

 glatica, though I cannot finally settle that point as I am not 

 acquainted with that plant, except this be it; however the 

 above description is so full, and I can safely say accurate, 

 as to enable any one who may have an opportunity of com- 

 paring them, to determine. This is always a stout shrub, 

 and never in any [)art pubescent; indeed from the whole of 

 Vahl's description now before me, I am inclined to think them 

 different species. 



The pale or whey-coloured thin juice which exudes from 

 a fresh wound of this plant, is employed by the Hindoos as 

 an escharotic to remove films from the eyes. 



RICINUS. Schreh. gen. N. 1464. 

 Male calyx four or five-leaved, or four or five-parted. 

 Corol none. Stamina numerous. Female calyx three or five- 

 parted. Corol none. Styles three, two-cleft. Capsules tri- 

 coccous. 



1. R. communis. Willd. iv. 564. 



Leaves peltate, sub-palmate, serrate. Fruit prickly. 



Sans. Eranda. 



Teling. Amadum. 



Hind. Arend, Arendi, or Arindi. 



Beny. Bherenda. 



Of this very useful plant, we have several varieties culti- 

 vated in India, some of them growing to the size of a pretty 

 large tree, and of many years duration ; I have not seen any 

 variety with smooth fruit. 



On the leaves the domesticated Arrindy silk-worm (Pha- 



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